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ARTS

Romper Stomper: Why I won’t be watching
Stan’s new TV series(ABC News) Aug 11 – (Opinion: Saman Shad) Zahid Mubarek, 19, was serving the last few
hours before his release from a young offenders’ institution in Feltham,
England — he was serving 90 days for shoplifting a packet of razor blades and
interfering with a motor vehicle — when he got attacked by his cell mate.